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Eat it at room temperature and let this chewy bite cast a spell on your taste buds. Why wait to taste the most authentic Halvasan, when you can try it out now! The western cousin of our most loved Holi sweet gujia, ghughra renders all festivities incomplete with its absence. A deep-fried semi-circle-shaped treat, it is mostly decorated with edible silver foil.
One bite into the crisp outer layer of maida gives way to the rich ghee-roasted stuffing of dry fruits and rawa that fills the mouth with an unforgettable taste. It is mostly consumed at normal temperature. Made by expert hands using a century-old recipe — this Gujarati mithai is a wonder in itself. Flaky, threadable rice flour is roasted in ghee to be later mixed in melted sugar. A lot goes in to make one perfect batch of this sumptuous cotton candy dish.
Ghughra - Traditional Indian Gujarati Diwali Festival Sweets. Besan ke Ladoo – Diwali Special Sweets. October 28, by Moong Dal Sheera is rich and delicious Gujarati Sweet. Mag dal no shiro is.
It is seasoned with elaichi and garnished with finely chopped almonds and pistachios before serving. This scrumptuous sweet is available in plain white with the aroma of screwpine or rose water and yellow if flavoured with kesar.
Primarily served as a snack in winters, gorpapdi is a preferred choice in most households in Gujarat. Very easy to make, it is a storehouse of the goodness of wheat flour and the health benefits of jaggery.
These two ingredients are roasted in ghee until they thicken to the perfect consistency and are set in slabs. Once cooled, it is cut into diamond-shaped small pieces and sometimes garnished with grated almonds as well. Health freaks swear by the taste and benefits of this flavoursome favourite. With every region boasting of its special mithais and their history, it becomes difficult to choose what to have and what not.
And Gujarat with its most delectable sweets will set you off a remarkable gastronomic tour — delightfully overpowering. The above treats are just some of the state's must-haves. There are many more you should definitely try.
Gluten-Free Recipes for an Inspired Life and other famous cookbooks. Desserts are the highlight of every Indian festival. With the same ingredients you can choose to make two desserts. Slices of bread are fried, soaked in milk and decorated with nuts. Shahi tukda has been a favourite since ancient times. Mohanthal is a fudge-like Indian dessert.
Eat it at room temperature and let this chewy bite cast a spell on your taste buds. So, this Diwali, ditch the fancy ingredients and light up your homes with these truly traditional Diwali specials! Lettuce For Weight Loss: Keep posting more delicacies like this. Serve the good old gujiyas in a modern avatar with a creamy chocolate-chip stuffing.
Mysore Pak is a very popular sweet. A three-ingredient recipe with coconut, sesame seeds and dates. A melt in the mouth traditional Gujarati snack, cholafali is widely enjoyed during Diwali.
Deep fried golden brown cottage balls soaked in a deliciously sweet thickened milk, rasabali is an authentic Oriya sweet that can send you to foodie heaven. And yes, it is as visually appeasing as it is delicious to devour! Poha , or flattened rice, is the star of a traditional Diwali celebration in Goa. Locally known as fau , it is prepared in five different ways on Diwali — bataat fau with piquant potatoes , kalayile fau with jaggery and spices , doodhatlye fau with milk , rosathle fau with cardamom-infused coconut and a simple sweet poha prepared with curd or buttermilk.
It is a long held Bengali tradition to eat Choddo Shaak , a preparation made of 14 different leafy greens, on the day before Kali Puja or Diwali. Diwali in Bengal coincides with Kali Puja and it is believed that a hearty meal of the fourteen greens keeps the evil spirits away. A vibrant, colourful, joyous celebration, Diwali is also an exhilarating flavour fest.
So, this Diwali, ditch the fancy ingredients and light up your homes with these truly traditional Diwali specials! A lover of all things creative and happy, Sanchari is a biotech engineer who fell in love with writing and decided to make it her profession. She is also a die-hard foodie, a pet-crazy human, a passionate history buff and an ardent lover of books. When she is not busy at The Better India, she can usually be found reading, laughing at silly cat videos and binge-watching TV seasons.
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